1 - Snatch RDLs are a serious weak point of mine, so it's good that I'm doing them (sensing a pattern yet?).

2 - The last exercise can be further explained upon request, but that's enough to remind me of what it is. These are also really funny when you miss them, as I learned from trying to do it with a women's bar.

1 - Snatches were strange. I just couldn't get myself in the right positioning.

2 - 5x5 Squat RM attempt did not go as well as it did last week... but that's really ok.

3 - For the BTN pull-ups, N=Negative, attempting at least a 6s decent. The latter two sets were a lot harder because a friend cued me to keep my chest up so that I would actually get the right positioning.

4 - All the other assistance exercises went really well, after I recovered from the squats.

Well, that's a funny thing. Last night's workout took me 3:15 including warm-up. I asked Ellyn about it, she said it shouldn't have taken more than 90 minutes. I was also supposed to superset all the ab stuff, which would help I suppose. Tonight's was only 1:45.

Also, don't take it too much to heart, I'm pretty sure this is a GPP cycle. I don't imagine a more focused program approaching collegiates is going to look like this.

1 - Snatch pulls took longer than anticipated. Had a mutually bullheaded discussion about my first pull with another lifter in the gym. It gave me a little to think about in the end I suppose, but mostly caused me to bleed all over the bar from my shins.

2 - Felt fairly unstable in BP, but I attribute that mostly to being unfamiliar with the movement at this point.

1 - Snatch pulls were really good today. I processed some of what my teammate was saying back on the 29th and I think there was a kernel of truth to it, even if I think he was taking it too far. Adjusted my start position to be a little more vertical and I think keeping position got a lot easier, hence pulls snappier/easier.

2 - Snatch RDLs coming along too.

3 - The SB/OHS combo was surprisingly rough. Also, I tried out a friend's wrist wraps. The overhead position felt much more comfortable. Not something to do all the time, but maybe to experiment with on higher volume sets or maybe high percentage snatch attempts.